The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Quote by TS Eliot

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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their...

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their...